Utter rubbish. ​I use less than 300mb a month out of my 1gig allowance. But then I don't watch porn on buses...

You get £5 back

Actually You can cap your allowance on Three. Your data is capped by default and you can cap your minutes as well if you want to. I can't really see the trap aspect of this.

For light users it`s quite good.:smiley:. Obviously for 14 year olds watching YouTube Beyonce videos on their mum`s sim contract, it`d be depleted rather quickly, yes. :smirk:

Great price!

Just rang EE as i"m just out of contract and they price matched this so happy!

that's a trap . Wend you go over the minute or data allowance they charge you big time

Great deal, pity I get a poor reception with three where I am though.

Actually You can cap your allowance on Three. Your data is capped by default and you can cap your minutes as well if you want to. I can't really see the trap aspect of this.

​Don't do it, don't feed the troll!

How does the £5 cash back work?

500mb of data wouldnt last 10 minutes

You can get unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and 4GB data for £8 a month right now on 3 (12 months sim only) at mobilephonesdirect.

Might as well just use Three's PAYG SIM, probably be better off for a very low user.

I'd of though for a low user their 321 payg plan would make more sense.

Three allow you to cap data via their website. I'm currently on a £9 per month sim and when I log into the site, look under the "Allowance", "Control Your Spending" and you should get options to not go over your data/minute allowance

Mind it's only a quid more for 250 mins and 1GB data with EE. I just got that one as Three pants in my area.

What i should of said " 500mb wouldnt last ME 10 mins "

I'd mobile 250 mins 5000 texts 1gb data on a 30 day rolling using the 3 network iv just switched from 3 with no issues.

Cheers op... Just the ticket for my wife... she says tex so much!

Very good deal if you are a low user.

Deal is OK for a low user :smiley:

Think it should stay at this level of heat 333 :laughing:

Wifi calling can now also be used without the app if you enable wifi calling on your phone in settings

Agreed with the other three customers saying it's rubbish for signal. Even though we live in an urban area, my OH is often on emergency calls only while I get full bars on o2.

Can you make a Wi Fi call from a mobile phone to a landline number?

​exactly !

This or ID mobile?

We are very happy with Three... swapped over to them from 2 horrible years with EE in October last year & now get phone reception wherever we go :smiley:

Hi thanks for this I had this exact plan for my youngest daughter but was paying more but Luckily I hadn't renewed her contract but I have now given this deal. heat added :smile:

3 has very bad signals.

Never 3 again.

Me neither, much more comfortable in the car.

cant find this deal on EE's website. Where did you get it from?

was hoping they had reduced their add ons too then..oh well. Does anyone know if I can take an 'add on' off after one months use, specifically the £5 for 1GB of tethering add on?

Dogging woof woof

I like three, because they have fast and affordable data (although the coverage can be spotty in the countryside).

Amazon had a special with a 24GB PAYG sim over 2 years for 28 pounds, but that seems to have expired.

The 3-2-1 tariff is also not bad. It works out a bit more expensive than this if you use all the allowance, but it is more flexible.

Cheap but Three has terrible network coverage as ever seen. Poor quality signal but three map says should be perfect... switched to ee...

That's a capacity issue at cell tower/base station not a signal issue, emergency calls will connect as such...EMERGENCY

Thanks for the heads-up on "Three In Touch". I'd never heard of it till now and have installed the app,

3 will block you going over if you ask them to.

3 signal is very poor in my area and my wife is often struggling to get a signal. Pop over the channel and it's a whole lot better than Vodafone. You pays yer money and takes a chance. Strikes me that every network provider has good and bad coverage depending on location. I've tried them all and back with Vodafone...

Agreed. I think it's pointless when people post comments saying that one carrier or another is poor in their area - what's the point? If there was one company who had perfect signal everywhere then I think we'd have heard by now! So yeah, it's horses for courses. If 3 is good where you are, great. If not, big deal. 3 and EE are the only 2 that work near me, but I don't bother telling people that O2 is garbage :wink:

o2's tetra network is used for the emergency services radios
Vodafone's 2G mobile signal is used for emergency services phones

Three have the best data signal
EE have the fastest bandwidth

Ahh, do you still carry the magazines around with you then? The pages must be pretty sticky.

The emergency services use EE now.

http://newsroom.ee.co.uk/ee-selected-to-deliver-critical-new-4g-voice-and-data-network-for-britains-emergency-services

Where did you see this deal? I've not found it on their website.

damn thats why my NHS sim has gone dead in my laptop

No it isn't, Android phones you can set a data limit per month so it cuts off at say 490mb used, I don't know about iphone.

The front page on the nano sim deals - https://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/sim-only/pay-monthly-nano

i am sure that 500mg of data is enough for whatsapp chat for a month but not enough for youtube....

It probably is a signal issue, 'Emergency Calls Only' appears when your own network is unavailable for any reason. Emergency calls will route through ANY network that is available.

You don't even need a sim card in your phone.

All hail you! *Eye roll*.

Made me chuckle. I work in a three store and you'd be surprised how little facebook uses per month if you're a light user. Great price. :smiley:

My wife and I have been with Three for years, signal is poor just on our street (?!) so we have the home signal booster that connects with wifi http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=signal,varset_subcat=3804,Case=obj(12975) gets us 5 bars of signal all the time!
I was paying £10 a month on payg for my 11 year old son so having taken out this £5 pm contract for him :smiley:

iPhone only I believe.

1gb should be the bare minimum. Our older aunt got a 500mb package and immediately went over it when her phone updated itself.. having to have the grasp of turning data on and off and rationing it is just unnecessary in this day and age.

This sounds pretty average to me. I used to have an O2 PAYG which was 10 pounds per month, so OK twice the cost of this, but it was several years ago and not requiring a 12 month commitment. The package was similar to this Three product 500MB etc. The reason I got rid was that eventually the data allocation was not enough even for browsing and normal stuff. Don't forget your phone does things in the background requiring data checking your email and so on. Point I am making you don't need to be streaming addict to blow that 500MB quite easily.

If you are with Plusnet they will give you double data on certain tariffs.
E.g. 1gb data, 250 mins and 500 texts.
2gb data, 1000 mins unlimited texts £7.50
https://www.plus.net/mobile/plans/sim-only/existing-customer-offer/

You can also cap bills to a certain level to avoid nasty suprises on mobile data. Very wise idea.

Sweet deal, cheers Op!

"EE’s new 4G Emergency Services Network will replace the existing TETRA system from mid-2017 as current contracts expire."

Should I go for this or go for the ID Mobile offer which is 250 Minutes, 5000 texts and 1 GB of data. It is 4G as well, and 5 quid a month

Not only. Samsung Galaxy s6, edge...
That's big improvement...

How do you enable it?

Both Iphone and Android

I have sipgate enabled on my Android from the settings (Drain on battery)

Cheers

Found It Here Simple

One thing worth knowing is topping up £5 on 3 PAYG grants you 150MB free for 30 days on top. I'm a light user who relies pretty much on just data (1p per MB) and the odd phone call. This is a good deal if you text a lot also but the PAYG option is really under rated.

I highly recommend Opera Mini to compress data required to download web pages.

So you where going to cancel's EE and you got them to price match 500MB Data, 200 Minutes,All-You-Can-Eat Texts for £5, i got a much deal off EE a few month back when i was going to cancel them for a few more £.

Unlimited call/text 4Gb data with EU rooming for £7.99.

I wish data prices would come back down. It's 2017 and we're still seeing plans with 1Gb of data (or even less!), and All-in-One 15 is now All-in-One 25! It's ridiculous!

Just use the duct tape trick and use as much data as you like for free...

Half a GB wouldn't last me 2 days.

Do you have a link to this porn on busses please

When did the UK bring that in ?

Can also be a phone fault/imported mobile frequency issues or sim issues, more often that not it is capacity on 3, also switch ALL roaming options off on the phone as the old 'Orange' network roaming agreement can show such since 3 barred access to Orange where it (thinks it) has a available 3 signal.

Might depends on where you live?
Vodafone is **** were I live but 3 works perfectly

I'm with 3 and have there £9.00 contract unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and 4GB Data which I think is a great deal.

Hmmm I've got 200 minutes, 30 gb data with tethering, ayce text for something around £8.00 per month after cashback for 12 months,,,quite nice :-) before that I have AYCE data, 5000 minutes 3 to 3, 200 minutes to other operator for £11 :wink:

Three already capped the DATA and you have an option to put a cap on your minutes as well!

I see you've have only been a member here for just over a week so such questions can be expected.

1: Register with TopcashBack
2: access 3 though there site and buy something.
3: wait for 3 to cough up.

Depends on whether you want to watch online media or listen to online music with it or not. If you want a plan for Netflix, Twitch, Youtube and Spotify then it's obviously not the ideal plan. I use wifi or my wife's tethering, so haven't bothered with big data plans yet. For low demanding stuff 500mb will last.

You've only posted one deal in six years, why not use your allowance to contribute something to the site?

cant be bothered with three even if its free.

Hmmm - just got same allowances for £11 per month direct from 3...

Good for you but i dont need much data and happy to save on what i was paying and not have hassle of leaving EE.

Err, it's should HAVE.

because the kick backs would go to this tax avoiding website

Try the virgin mobile deal £5 for 2500 minutes, 4gig data and unlimited texts

​Do you have a link please? Cheers

​with three you can cap everything off so you don't go over your allowance!!

There not should be 500mb of data anymore. This is not enough of browse any FB or www

It's been like that since the the beginning of GSM, it was a requirement of the UK licensing AFAIK. The only difference now is that modern phones actually display the message 'Emergency Calls Only'... older phones simply showed no signal, but should still attempt to route a 112 or 999 call via any network available.

It can be, but I personally have never had any capacity issues with 3 for calls, only the complete loss of coverage in certain areas... which then gives you the 'Emergency Calls Only' situation. It's normally nothing to do with capacity, if you check the coverage map, you usually find you are in an area with poor or no coverage.

For example, 3 coverage around me is reasonable, but not perfect. A neighbour has an old house with thick walls, he struggled with 3 and ended up swapping to Vodafone. If I walk into his house, I see 'Emergency Calls Only' almost immediately... as soon as I walk out of his front door, the phone reconnects to 3 and I can make calls as normal.

Bet it doesn't stop you buying things from the deals posted.

BYE BYE CLOSE YOUR BROWSER ON THE WAY OUT!

Im sorry to inform you that VODAFONE is now the WORSE signal and worst customer service ever!

Three Network have been outstanding for me with the best signal in most areas from London to right up to the Newcastle coast.

NO other network can touch them!

After leaving 3 last year and going to Vodafone when they cancelled the 1 plan all I have found with Vodafone is a great signal and customer service so good I have just renewed my contract, there signal abroad is true 4g not like 3 which I found unusable most of the time.

I can see that I'm unable to change your mind. I will NEVER go to Vodaphone. I bit the bullet last year just before Christmas and registered with Vodafone after being with 3 Network for many years. It was the WORST mistake I ever made!

The Voda sim only deal then was 3g only NOT 4g as advertised. Apparently their sim was not properly provisioned for 4g use. The signal constantly dopped and was not stable. I have a new Samsung Note 4 and had it checked. The staff in the shops were ignorant and unhelpful and said that they don't have the time or facilities look into the matter. 3 network on the other hand have been very helpful and their signal great. You stick with Voda. They need all the customers they can get -after all the complaints and fines they received last year!

It's a good deal for light users but wouldn't work for me. I use about 4-7gb per month on average (and that's by being careful) I'm on the internet a lot (and not for entertainment). I use WiFi when at home. Great deal though for £5

Haha

Only place I got EC only was a Orange coverage 3 shut off expecting 3 coverage. 3s 2100mhz will have problems penetrating indoors, the lower the spectrum the shorter and better the signal.

I left 3 when TheOnePlan was culled from me - leaving them was the biggest failure I had with them, they made it impossible.

lol at people, network performance as is customer care very individual experience/s.


Frankly I find the signal on all networks much better than what they claim to be customer care.

That's the best place to watch porn

The signal only goes to one bar when the phone is taken to a particular part of the house. So it looks like it's both a capacity and signal issue which is obviously even worse.

Just read your comment re 2100mhz. That clarifies things. Thanks for the input.

sweet,suits me fine,also got a cheeky upgrade on it. :smiley:

the 30 GB data plan was £18 a month or 2 back, its now £20

I recently left Three for Voda. My observation there 3g is that it is very very fast. It's as fast as "4g" is on Voda, but, as they dont have any 2g coverage, the dead spots where I couldnt make a call were too frequent. With Voda I have full bars of 4g in Waitrose which was previous a dead spot for Three, but at work, where it says 3g and my 3g on Three was excellent, that the Voda signal is awful, and slow, but at least I can call my wife.

Great find !

Good price for those who'd suit that deal.

Welcome :smiley:

3 also has 1800mhz Ofcom made EE sell for the merger requirement, why its MBNL partner was allowed to buy it I'll never know because at any point 3/EE should share it again ? So what is the point ? ?

3 has 850MHZ spectrum too, but in my opinion my whole regional area is mainly the old 2100mhz I connect too. Opensignal.com is a great app to see some basic info, certainly for me it showed my where my EE cell/base stations were and with a clear line of sight to the nearest signal issues should not have been happening from one side if the apartment, thus I got out of contract early because there were 3Gcapacity and hardware on site issues and no map reported 4G coverage (as with 3).

On Vodafone I have no clear line of site on a hill with two Vodafone behind me higher up but have 2/3 bars of 4G, Cornerstone Voda & o2's joint network can't give me 4G indoors on o2 just 3G but Voda can 4G but not 3G. Go figure! Frequency and handset dependent and some hardware in phones is better than others, a mobile signal is as complex as DNA, numerous factors come into play.

This may (hopefully) or may not be helpful :smiley:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/mobile-phone/how-tell-whether-phone-is-supported-by-your-network-3597426/

Your place apparently!

Without going into the merits of TalkTalk as a company, all customers are entitled to a sim with same allowances, free of charge.
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Downside of this, is currently 3g only, using Vodafone network.

In fact I tell a lie, I'm only paying £5 month.

But you can cap 3's contract so perfect for kids or anyone not wanting to spend more than £5 per month.

This is capped too but it doesn't matter what price Three is for a lot of people, you either get a signal or you don't and I don't. Even though they tell you on their signal map it's fine !

About the topcashback thing, is it a one off £5 they'll give back or per month/duration of contract?

If it's effectively three, ill give it a shot.

Are there any good deals around that piggyback of the o2 network?

Only good signal I get in this particular part of my street. Voda 0% EE 1 Bar O2 4 Bar 3 2 Bar, But I have turned on WiFi calling on the phone, so that is not an issue.

Just a one off £5

Great deal but rubbish reception have to use a signal booster at home otherwise reception drops to one bar, wasn't this bad 4-5 years ago

I'm on the iD mobile £5 a month. 5000 texts instead of unlimited, and 1GB of Data instead of 500MB on 4G. Same base network (although lower priority being a virtual network), but works well enough for me.

The network coverage can be a bit of a pain though at times..

what about feel at home?
can I get it?

No.

​Anyone who says this works is either telling lies or is on drugs.

It's 800Mhz ( Band 20) not the 850Mhz you mention in the post

​Poor signal somewhere

You can call your wife?!? Is that a good thing :-D

I see all these 30gb plans I'm on unlimited data for 13.66 with the 50 quick I got after a long 6 month f off. Worried that when the contract ends I'm left on 23 and these Malaysian rangers won't give me anything decent as an upgrade. Looking for 30gb for 15 if I can get on that half price Ee deal that's been on three times then great as that's perm rolling 30 day

As an interesting aside.. i spent a couple of sessions to Vodafone "technical support" today reporting the (very very) slow 3g speed as a fault. "Ah yes there is a ticket in your area which will resolve this issue" (lie). "This problem will be resolved quickly" (lie). They seem to have customer service bots who are just programmed to lie repeatedly and fob you off.. I knew this before I signed up, so more fool me.

I really don't understand all the grief about this comment. I get through 2gb easily just general browsing. IE reading the Guardian or googling. It really doesn't take long to get through 2gb at all. Especially commuter's.

If there's a problem in the area you can cancel the contract without any fee. Just a good enough reason for needing a reliable signal is plenty.

In less than 40min? :neutral_face:

I get 9GBP recurring discount for my unlimited mins/txts/data + 30GB total 23GBP on a 12month sim only, no RPI increase

Hope to see Jan's offer soon, 600mins+8gb+feel at home for 8 quid per month.

Explain please.

Is this a serious question?

The whole point started with 'ding' stating 500mb won't last 10 mins. So 2gb would only last 40min. So no it wasn't a serious question, it was just emphasising what he said was not a valid comment for most users.

Does bus porn use more data?

Of course it does - buses are huge! When did you last manage to get a video of them "at it"? :smirk: You need a high quality camera so the resulting video's are bigger meaning you use more data. I think that's it, right?

It's daft really, I left 3 about a month ago. This was exactly the type of plan I wanted at the right price. All they wanted to do was sell me a £15pm plan with lots of data I didn't need or use.

So they lose a long term customer and then promptly offer the deal to all that they said they couldn't do!

Horses. Stable Doors.

it wasn't £8, was it?
it was £13 p/m with £50 quidco (or 2 x £25 Amazon) working as £8.83 p/m

Ahh so no deal thanks.